Carriage-step



(No Model.)

- F. A. SAWYER.

CARRIAGE STEP. No. 314,151. Patented Mar. 17, 1885.

. FEI-5 WITNESSES l@ I/'ENTR 2 is a vertical section thereof.

UNITED STATES ATENT trice.

FRANCIS A. SAVVYER, 0F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CARRIAGE-STEP.

SPECFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 314,151, dated March 17,1885.

Application filed January 8, 18H4. Renewed February 17, 1885. (Nomodel.)

T 0 all whom, it may concern.-

Beit known that 1, FRANCIS A. SAWYER, of Boston, inthe county of Suffolkand State of Massachusetts, a citizen of the UnitedStates, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Carriage, Car, and other Steps, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specificationin explaining its nature, in which- Figure 1 represents in perspective acarriage-step containingI my improvement.V Fig. Fig. 3 represents amoditication which is hereinafter specially referred to.

The invention relates especially to a step having an ornamental uppersurface or tread, the more ornamental part. of which is so placed andsheltered as to be protected from the wear to which the other portion ofthe step or tread is submitted.

Referring to the drawing, A is the step. It is divided into the sectionsa a. The section a comprises the front portion of the step, and is thatpart which is most subjected to wear, and preferably it has a ribbed orpyramid-al surface, or a surface of any other similar character. Thesection c is that portion of the step or trend back of the section a,and'is the portion of the tread which is subjected to but little if anywear. Ihis section is highly ornamental, and may be, if desired, sunkbelow the level of the section a, so that the sole of the boot or shoeof the user of the step eaunot come in contact with it until the sectiona is worn away sufficiently to permit it. l

I do not contine myself in the use of this invention to steps made ofmetal, but may use it in steps made of rubber or other formativematerial; and when rubber or other like ma- 40 terial is employed it isreamed to the stepplate in any of the ways described in my patents; andI prefer to raise the level of the front section, a, for tworeasons-iirst, to more effectually protect the highly ornamented part orsection a', and, second. to use as little Vstock as possible in sectiona', which is not subjected to wear, and to put what is not requiredthere into the section a, where it will be of service-and by so doing` lnot only get a very ornamental step, but I also utilize the Vmaterial ofthe step to the best advantage. This feature will also apply to metalsteps.

Of course any suitable ornamentation may be used in section af, or amonogram or name or words of any character can be used in lieu l of theornamention. and the effect of the invention will remain the same.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United Statesl. A step having a wearing ortreading surface and an ornamental section disposed in relation to eachother, nsand forthe purposes described.

2. In a step, the. combination of the wearing or tread section a and theornamental sec tion a', substantially as and.for the purpose described.

A step having the ornamental section c' and the tread or wearing surfaceci, extended above the upper surface of the ornamental sec tion, allsubstantially as and for the purposes described.

FRANGlS A. SAWYER. XVitnesses:

F. F. RAYMOND, 2d, FRED. B. DoLAN.

